Tune worth it ?

[terion]

I am in a stock GT automatic running 91 Octane tune for about a week (since final revision).
Absolutely worth it for my daily driver (~60 miles a day, mixed highway and street).
As a reference I had a Banks Pedal Monster installed PRIOR to tuning that I removed before installing tune, so my opinion is based on stock, pedal monster and tuned perspective.

1. Throttle lag.
   1. Stock - insufferable throttle lag except with very heavy foot and had to be in Sport constantly to enjoy car (for me).
   2. Massively improved with Pedal Monster and loved the new throttle mapping it provided. Still ran Sport most of the time as that resolved most of the inherent lag my car seems to have. But touchy at times and I was tinkering with the settings a lot.
   3. Tune - Lag gone in all drive modes. Normal is now a very pleasant drive mode and I actually use it far more than I ever did before. No settings to mess with.
2. Power
   1. Stock - Let face it... plenty of power here stock. How it delivered the power was enjoyable for the most part but throttle lag really killed my enjoyment at times.
   2. Pedal Monster - No power added obviously, but enabled a very enjoyable DELIVERY of available power.
   3. Tune - Huge gains? No. But gains nonetheless (butt dyno says I picked up 10-15hp). Thanks to throttle lag elimination, fuel mapping and trans tuning the delivery of available power is a hoot now.
3. Transmission (Auto)
   1. Stock - Why did you pick this shifting profile for the GT Ford?
   2. Pedal Monster - Grumble Grumble Ford profile but at least due to more aggressive throttle profile it behaves better.
   3. Tune - Wow that' s smooth... I mean really smooth. So much smarter shift points... I really love this transmission now.

Plus as Joe_Stang mentioned above its a great starting place for more mods down the road.

I definitely recommend tuning if it's in your financial wheelhouse to do so. It was a bit of an investment initially, but as someone who averages 300-400 miles a week I am in my car a lot and the tune just adds so much enjoyment it was worth the investment.

This will be controversial to some, but I recommend the throttle controller (Soler or Banks) as an ALTERNATIVE (not a supplement... a tuner can do exactly what the throttle controller does) to tuning. It made me pretty dang happy with the car until I could tune and I have no negatives to say about them.

what tune do you use?

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[Frogdog1]

Unless you legally race, no. Your Mustang has enough different modes to get anyone in a whole lot of trouble on the streets. Keep pushing that go pedal all the way to the floor in all the modes and see what you think after a while.

 

[Ducatti20]

what tune do you use?

I am currently running a tune from Shoemaker Performance. Still enjoying it, it's how the car should have been delivered from the factory.
I STILL am not saying it adds tons of power etc... but it (for me at least) totally improved the daily drivability of the car and I am glad I spent the money on it.

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